Golden Bee Spelling Free for Android
Spell the words after the app speaks them to you.
Main features:
> Predefined word collections (Kindergarten to 10th grade)
> Word from Cloud - endless fun with unlimited collection of words
> Audio pronunciations of words
> Speaks letters as you type
> Look up meanings and examples of words
> Look up synonyms, antonyms using thesaurus
> Bookmark current progress and resume later
> Color-coded visual hint
> Using Progress Bar, skip to any word in a collection
> Word of the Day with audio, meanings and examples
> Word Scramble Game - unlimited words with audio, meanings, hint
> Word of the Day widget for home screen
The app currently comes with:
* Ten predefined word collections of 100 words each
* One Thousand Words Challenge collection
* Unlimited number of words from online sources
* Definition, examples and thesaurus
* Word of the Day
* Word Scramble Game with unlimited words, each with audio pronunciation and meanings
* Word of the Day widget for home screen
All the Words from Cloud options are free for a limited time.
More collections are added regularly.
It also comes with Words from Cloud option. Using this option, virtually endless number of words are presented from the Web (using a third-party service).
For speaking a word (audio pronunciation), the app has two options (Settings > Use on-device TTS option from the menu):
1) Using the text-to-speech (TTS) engine on your device. Most of the Android devices come with Google TTS installed. You can also download other TTS engines and voices from Google Play market.
(A review of Android TTS voices can be found at:
http://www.geoffsimons.com/2012/06/7-best-android-text-to-speech-engines.html).
You may install and select your country-specific voices from one of these collections for use with audio pronunciation.
2) If on-device TTS is turned off, the app tries to get US English audio pronunciation from the web and play it on your device.
After you spell a word, you can also look up its meaning and example from major dictionaries.
Tips:
The text-to-speech (TTS) audio works best in a quiet place or using headphones.
On the TTS settings screen under your device settings (this is different from the app settings), make sure you turn up the volume. Note that the volume control for TTS is different than the music playback.
Have endless fun while building your word power!
Please email us with your feedback, or if you have any questions and difficulties with the app.
Thank you!
Every time I choose an activity, I get the "Unfortunately, Golden Bee Spelling has stopped working" message and the app closes. Was really looking forward to use it, hopefully it gets fixed soon!
Very nice game and exercise
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Thanks for putting your mind to this app because it helps me a lot. Can't believe its free and if people don't like they should be grateful cause not all apps/games are like this.:-) :-)
I can't hear the word for my 1st grader to spell what they say
It'd have 4 stars if it wasn't such a battery drain. This game will get your brain goin!
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